Happy Christmas Eve!

Tonight’s the night to put out milk and cookies for Santa.

This year, let’s give Santa some variety and try something new.

The favorite snickerdoodle gets a holiday makeover with some crushed candy canes.

The recipe I present to you today celebrates the semi-homemade mentality for a perfect last minute party favorite. It uses premade sugar cookie dough. (Feel free to make your own sugar cookie dough from scratch, if you prefer.) I made these cookies as part of my donation to a cookie drive. When I told my mom about these cookies she simply added crushed candy canes to her favorite snickerdoodle recipe.

Candy Cane Snickerdoodles

Ingredients:

• 1 roll (16oz) refrigerated sugar cookie dough
• 1/4 C flour
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 3 candy canes, crushed

Steps:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. In the bowl of a stand mixer break up the sugar cookie dough. Mix in the flour.
3. In a small bowl, combine sugar, cinnamon, and candy canes.
4. Gather cookie dough and roll into a log. Cut into 3 dozen cookies. Roll into balls and roll in the cinnamon sugar mixture. Place cookies on an ungreased cookie sheet and bake 10-14 minutes. Allow cookies to cool on cookie sheet for one minute before removing to a cooling rack.

*This recipe is adapted from Deborah at http://www.pillsbury.com/recipes/peppermint-snickerdoodles/c23f7546-0ebe-4897-b678-9ab173c4b2d8*